ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

human sacrifices were performed to prophecy to the religious andpolitical leaders of his day. The prophet was told to go to the valleyof Hinnom and bring the leaders of the people and the priests withhim. 1 Tophet, the area where the sacrifices took place, was locatedwithin the valley of Hinnom. So abhorrent was the valley ofHinnom to God that Jesus used this term to denote hell in Matthewchapter 5 and Luke chapter twelve. The narrow valley of Hinnomseparated Mount Zion from a place that later came to be called the“Hill of Evil Counsel.” The “Hill of Evil Counsel” is believed to bewhere the house of the high priest Caiaphas stood when the religiousrulers plotted to put Jesus to death.Imagine for a moment what the scene must have lookedlike. One man stands before the hostile nation holding a small clayjar. The stench of burning flesh sickens those present. Smoke wafts.Fragile black ashes fall. Babies cry. All the while the merciless idol of1Jer. 19:2.279